How SB 572 changes current law

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The bill expands the definition of 'relative' and allows certain employment of relatives within public bodies.

• s. 112.312

  means an individual who is related to a public officer or employee as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, grandparent, great grandparent, grandchild, great grandchild, step grandparent, step great grandparent, step grandchild, or step great grandchild; an individual who, while the public officer or employee was a minor, was his or her legally recognized foster parent in the jurisdiction where the relationship occurred or an individual who is a current or former legally recognized foster child of the public officer or employee in the jurisdiction where the relationship occurs or occurred; → means an individual who is related to a public officer or employee as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, grandparent, great grandparent, grandchild, great grandchild, step grandparent, step great grandparent, step grandchild, or step great grandchild; an individual who, while the public officer or employee was a minor, was his or her legally recognized foster parent in the jurisdiction where the relationship occurred or an individual who is a current or former legally recognized foster child of the public officer or employee in the jurisdiction where the relationship occurs or occurred; a, person who is engaged to be married to the public officer or employee or who otherwise holds himself or herself out as or is generally known as the person whom the public officer or employee intends to marry or with whom the public officer or employee intends to form a household;, or any other natural person having the same legal residence as the public officer or employee.

  This change broadens the definition of 'relative' to include foster parents and foster children.

• s. 112.3135

  This subsection does not prohibit the board, council, commission, or collegial body on which an elected public official serves from appointing, employing, promoting, or advancing a relative who is an elected public official serving on the same board, council, commission, or collegial body to a leadership position thereof.

  This addition allows boards or councils to hire relatives of elected officials within the same body, potentially alleviating conflicts of interest regarding appointments.